Robinson v. Shock
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
By this appeal we are asked to decide whether habeas corpus is the proper remedy to obtain the release of juvenile offenders committed without legal counsel.
The two minors in this case were found to be juvenile delinquents by the Juvenile Court of Lee County, Arkansas and were committed to the Arkansas Department of Youth Services in Jefferson County for indefinite confinement. Neither juvenile was represented by counsel, nor was the right to counsel waived. After the time for appeal had run the mothers of the boys petitioned the Jefferson Circuit Court for a writ of…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Commercial Printing Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
- State Department of Public Welfare v. Lipe ex rel. AtracnerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
- Minetree v. MinetreeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
- Wright v. KefferSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Waddle v. SargentSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Vanesch v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
- L.H. v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
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